| − | As a reward for campainging for [[Franklin Roosevelt]], Murphy was appointed to be Governor-General of the [[Philippines]]. There he attempted to guide the Philippines’ transition from a territory to a commonwealth.<ref name="bak"/><ref name="jrank">{{cite web|url=http://law.jrank.org/pages/8682/Murphy-Francis-William.html|title=Francis William Murphy - Court, Michigan, Justice, Civil, Supreme, and Rights|work=law.jrank|language=English}}</ref> He enacted [[minimum wage]] laws and supported women's [[suffrage]].<ref name="jrank"/> Murphy was a popular leader - in 1935 he became the first United States High Commissioner of the Philippines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/lib_hist/courts/supreme/judges/murphy/fm-bio.html|language=English|work=The United States Government|title=William Francis "Frank" Murphy (1890-1949)}}</ref> | + | As a reward for campaigning for [[Franklin Roosevelt]], Murphy was appointed to be Governor-General of the [[Philippines]]. There he attempted to guide the Philippines’ transition from a territory to a commonwealth.<ref name="bak"/><ref name="jrank">{{cite web|url=http://law.jrank.org/pages/8682/Murphy-Francis-William.html|title=Francis William Murphy - Court, Michigan, Justice, Civil, Supreme, and Rights|work=law.jrank|language=English}}</ref> He enacted [[minimum wage]] laws and supported women's [[suffrage]].<ref name="jrank"/> Murphy was a popular leader - in 1935 he became the first United States High Commissioner of the Philippines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/lib_hist/courts/supreme/judges/murphy/fm-bio.html|language=English|work=The United States Government|title=William Francis "Frank" Murphy (1890-1949)}}</ref> |
| − | President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] nominated Murphy to serve as the [[United States Attorney General]] in 1939; there Murphy established a Civil Liberties Section in the Criminal Division of the [[Department of Justice]].<ref name="maveal"/> He cracked down on [[liberal]] corrupt [[political machine]]s in [[Kansas City]] and [[Philadelphia]].<ref name="bak"/> | + | President Franklin Roosevelt nominated Murphy to serve as the [[United States Attorney General]] in 1939; there Murphy established a Civil Liberties Section in the Criminal Division of the [[Department of Justice]].<ref name="maveal"/> He cracked down on [[liberal]] corrupt [[political machine]]s in [[Kansas City]] and [[Philadelphia]].<ref name="bak"/> |